The Dodgers' game against the Reds on May 19 in Los Angeles will be broadcast in four different languages: English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese. It could be the first time Darryl Strawberry gets ripped not only from coast to coast, but on both sides of the international date line. Strawberry, who strained his lower back, is hitting .152.

''Most people wouldn't be out there playing, but I'm determined,'' Strawberry said. ''Write negative about me, I don't care. I played in New York for eight years and that's all they did. I accept it. And when I'm doing well - and you notice I said when, not if - then we will see what you write.''

There already are whispers in the Dodgers' organization that Strawberry's slump-ridden buddy, Eric Davis, who has struggled to raise his average over .200, may wind up on the bench, with the Dodgers summoning one of two outfielders from Class AAA Albuquerque, Billy Ashley or Raul Mondesi, to take Davis' place.

Andre Dawson, a lifelong National Leaguer, has had trouble adjusting to the non-stop diet of breaking balls he is seeing with the Red Sox in his first year in the AL. ''Being 38 years old, you'd think they'd challenge you a little bit more,'' Hawk said, ''but that's not been the case.'' Dawson had one home run and 10 RBIs in April.

The Texas Rangers went into their 22nd game before they scored a run in the first inning. They've used three leadoff hitters - Doug Dascenzo, Gary Redus and Dave Hulse - who are a combined 0-for-21 leading off a game. . . . Despite all the talk that the National League West was far superior to the NL East, the West didn't fare well in a month's worth of head-to-head competition. The East came out on top, 77-67.

Through their first 22 games, the Detroit Tigers averaged 7.3 runs per game. At that rate, they would finish the season with 1,183 runs, the highest scoring team in history. There are six teams that have scored at least 1,000 runs in a season since 1900: the 1930, '31, '32 and '36 Yankees, the 1930 Cardinals and the 1950 Red Sox. Only half of those teams - the '32 and '36 Yankees and the '30 Cardinals - won pennants. The '30 Yankees finished third, the '31 Yankees finished second and the '50 Red Sox finished third.